Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-03
DAILY HERALD.
PRETTY FEET FOR FEMALES.
Great Care Used I'm Covering
Them.

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one of incredulity. But the statement
is approx imately correct. SO, too,
those who are unused to exact meas
urement stare when they are told that
for true symmetry the human foot
should be as long as the ulna or bone
Of the forearm, measured from the
point of the elbow to the small head
Of the bone at the wrist. Some, who
have looked at a beautiful belle when
Her feet, beneath her petticoat,
Like little mice, ran in and out
would, at first, be rather inclined to
question this rule Of bodily symmetry,
but painters and sculptors and anato-
mists are free from such ignorant
doubts.
There is always a glamour about a
pretty feminine foot. When the
owner is lovely in other respects the
addition of pretty feet makes a COM
bination that is perfectly irresistible.
Small wonder is that enterprising boot
and shoe manufacturers strain every
nerve and force to make their coverings
for ladies' feet as beautiful, small and
shapely as possible. Less wonder is
that otherwise sensible women de-
liberately select boots too. small and
crush and torture their pedal extreml-
ties to gain a passing glance OF admir-
alton from the sterner sex.
WELL sHoD.
ssBien gaut6e, bien chausee, c'est
bien hibillee," is terse and truthful
French saving that means well
gloved and we'll shod is we'll dressed" "
Both gloves and boots should be large
enough and should harmonize with
the dress. Nothing but black shoes
should be worn on the street. In
doors shoes should be of of the same
color as the dress, and perhaps little
darker. If white dress is worn
shoes of another color may be chosen,
but the contrast should not be too
startling. A sandal slipper with a
small button on each band is very
becoming auxiliary to a handsome
foot. Where the instep is low and
the foot imperfect and shapeless the
wearer of sandals should consult safe
ty in bow trimmings.
Short women generally try to appear
tall by wearing high heel shoes.
Many women whose feet are not small
try to make them appear SO by wear
ing hign heels, because the latter are
generally placed forward and toward
the hollow of the foot. The result is
that the weight OF the foot forces the
toes in the narrow vamp in front, and
from this comes not only an imperfect
and ungraceful walk, great discomfort
and pain. together with expense in the
shape of liberal fees to chiropodists.
The man who takes the orders for
custom made shoes can show some
curious sights from his books. Every
one who has very big or very little
feet comes to him, and he has to study
the formation of soft corns, swollen
Joints, crossing toes, bunions, hard
+corns, ingrowing nails and hundreds
of other defects and malformations.
Others, however, if small and dainty
ones and twos, are fascinating in their
beauty. They look like a baby's feet
slightly enlarged, and are SO small
and perfect that they almost take
away the breath with rapturous de.
light.
SHOE DEALERS OBSERVATIONS.
1sIt is curious to watch the different
mental attitudes of my female GUS
TONER'S" said the proprietor of first
class store where most of the creme
de la creme are customers. "Some
are bashful and some are free and
easy. The rich girl, who gets seven
or eight pairs of shoes a year. has no
fastidiousness about her. She sits
down and don't make any fuss about
putting out her foot to be measured.
She comes here to get a new pair of
shoes lust the same as she comes to
get a new hat at her milliner's or hall
q dozen pair of stockings at a dry
goods store. If she thinks there is an
accidental hole in her stocking she
may be very careful, not otherwise.
"When ladies deal at one store
they generally select one clerk to d(
the fitting, and he is always the bes
looking young man in the store. The!
don't want me, oh dear no! The.
sometimes come in bevies or two
three or four, and pick out their favor
ite salesman and make pleasure
party of it. They are very kind
sprightly and pleasant to the clerk, ant
expect the same treatment of course
Now that clerk over there handles tn,
prettiest feet in town. Sometime
/ think girl unconsciously lifts he
skirt an inch or two above the top but
ton of her boot, but she thinks nothinl
about it. Shoe clerks are used to that
They're just like artists about model
If girl or woman has a pretty foo
or ankle she is not afraid to show it
It's all matter of business. OF course
there's no denying that shoe clerl
has to take more liberties than Other
statesmen, but nobody, not even him
self, considers it out OF the way.
''Flirt? No, sir; shoe clerks DOM
f1irt 1t is only natural when you
have a young and good-looking man
in your employ that the ladies are
attracted toward him and they like
him to be polite and attentive. Some
proprietors think it Just the thing to
custom, but don't. 1t isn't safe.
Flirting gets trouble, and trouble
means loss of custom.
IN THE HONEYMOON.
"Newly married men must be afraid
of shoe clerks. In the honeymoon
they always come with their. wives tc
get the first pair. They hover around
and sometimes do the clerks work in
fitting on the shoes. They adjust the
draping of their wife's dress with &
great deal of caution, But after thai
she can come alone and buy her OWL
shoes. He never comes again.
'''rhen again there are very modes
girls and women. They go to buy {
pair of shoes like going to have a tootf
pulled. They will pase the door o
the store two or three times before
they muster up courage. l can spo
them every time. Invariably the,
have big feet and ankles. They ar,
quite uncomfortable about the dra
perry and won't hardly give the clerk ,